BIOBASE ExPLAIN Training
Louisa Worthington Rogers
Thu Jan 17, 01-03:00pm, 14N-132, DIRC
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Scientists from BIOBASE will do training on these bioinformatics databases that include Proteome, TransFac, TransPath, and ExPLAIN, with focus on the new database ExPLAIN and updates on new features for all of them. The MIT Libraries subscribes to these, and you will find them on VERA. There will be a 2 hour training session plus hands-on time to work on your own research if you wish.
Contact: Louisa Worthington Rogers, 14S-134, x3-6575, elworthi@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Repair of Basic Laboratory Equipment
Charles Moses
Wed Jan 23, 06-09:00pm, 68-077
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Sponsored by Graduate Women in Science.--Engineer Charles Moses will conduct a course on repair of laboratory equipment, geared toward but not limited to beginners. Equipment will include: electrophoresis units, spectrophotometers, motors on shakers and centrifuges, etc. General topics will also include: assessing the tools required to disassemeble, fix and reassemble a piece of equipment; tool quality; and rational disassembly of equipment when the function of some component is not known. Bring broken equipment on which to practice. Session starts at 6:00 p.m. in Project Lab, Bldg 68.
Contact: Kay Jones, 68-641, x3-4721, kmjones@mit.edu
Sponsor: Biology
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